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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Something Unusual. At the age of seven, Healer Mowatt accidentally blinded one of his eyes with a knife; he soon lost the sight of the other one as well. For the next decade he struggled with black despair. But gradually his courage and his faith in God won him such independence from his blindness that he was even able to ride to hounds with a friend guiding his horse and calling the jumps. In his twenties he devoted himself to full-time work with the blind. But it was not until about ten years ago that he began to discover...
Although Dick Harlow was in Cambridge most of the past month gathering up his personal belongings for transfer to Maryland, he kept out of sight as much as possible and a lot of us never got a chance to see him. It was therefore with considerable interest that this department beat its way down to the Copley Plaza two night ago to participate in what may be the retired coach's last public appearance, either in Boston or anywhere else...
...losing the power of speech, he did not bat an eye. He just said to me, 'I understand.' And sat in silence, jigging one foot. At least F.D.R.'s eyes have been opened and he has thrown a good hefty punch. I came home. Pretty sight crossing the river: lights all on in Chungking...
...Miner will not solve the labor problem in coal mines. John L. Lewis once said that he would rather have 100,000 union members secure in their jobs than 400,000 who were insecure. But mine operators were anxious to see the machine. One of them has ordered 30, sight unseen. Joy hopes to have commercial models ready by year...
Sitting Pretty (20th Century-Fox). A suburban Mr. & Mrs. (Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara), harassed by their three small boys, an outsized dog and a dearth of baby sitters, run a Help Wanted ad. Result: one Lynn Belvedere is hired sight unseen. To their dismay, Lynn turns out to be a middle-aged male (Clifton Webb), who coolly describes himself as a genius. He is also a polysyllabic practitioner of yoga, and easily the most versatile handyman since Leonardo da Vinci. Before he is done with solving problems and subjugating parents, he fries the whole community...